어두운 복도 끝에서 괘종시계 치는 소리
1시와 2시 사이에도
11시와 12시 사이에도
똑같이 한 번만 울리는 것
그것은 뜻하지 않은 환기, 소득 없는 각성
몇 시와 몇 시의 중간 지대를 지나고 있는지
알려주지 않는다
단지 무언가의 절반만큼 네가 왔다는 것
돌아가든 나아가든 모든 것은 너의 결정에 달렸다는 듯
지금부터 저지른 악덕은 죽을 때까지 기억난다
JIN Eun-young (b. 1970) majored in philosophy at Ewha Womans University and Graduate School, receiving her Ph. D for her research on Nietzsche. Her poetry collections include Dictionary with Seven Words (2003) and Every day, We (2008). For her, writing poetry proves the most agreeable method of communicating and exchanging with the world. Perhaps her writing activities are, like the waving branches furthest from our reach, nothing but weak, fragile acts. But her poetic and philosophical distance from the center means she is free to come in contact with other beings and objects. For her, poetry is a surprise created by fingers stretching out to the world rather than to her own body.